Today, we finished our cooking and nutrition Design Technology unit. The children worked in groups to prepare our ingredients. We discussed how to handle food, food hygiene and different methods for chopping the ingredients. We then went into the forest school area to cook our spaghetti bolognese. We prepared a Read more
This week in Art Club we had fun trying to recreate a glitch effect in our artwork. The children started by drawing a skull, which we then decorated using red and blue pens to create the effect. This was much trickier than it seems and the children worked really hard Read more
Today, Year 4 Hawthorn came into Year 5 Pine for transition day. We’ve had a great day getting to know each other better. The children spent time in forest school asking questions about Year 5 and making bird feeders. We created our own poems called ‘I am, I wonder’, designed Read more
This week’s Art Club was inspired by contemporary artist Jen Stark. Jen is best known for creating optical art using bright colours in patterns and drips that mimic the intricate motifs found in nature. The children used the drip detailing to create a beach scene. We focused on creativity and Read more
This week Year 5 have been learning about the famous impressionist artist, Claude Monet. We have spent time learning facts about his life and his importance in the art world. We discovered that Monet is considered to be one of the founders of the impressionist art movement and one of Read more
What an energetic sports day! Some really great fun, teamwork and competitiveness. Have a look at the photos to see what we got up to!
This week in Art Club we took our inspiration from Roy Lichtenstein. Roy Lichtenstein is famous for using Ben-Day dots in his artwork, a technique used to create a pop art aesthetic. The children used carbon copy paper and tracing paper to transfer pictures of themselves onto their blank paper. Read more
Today Year 5 and 6 had the opportunity to learn about different careers from industry professionals. The children had a great time learning about jobs such as photography, nursing, being a member of the clergy, a doctor and many more. The children have learnt so much and we have lots Read more
Pine have been ‘hearing music in colour’! We’ve learnt about a condition called ‘Synthesia’ in which people can see colour when they hear music. We listened to numerous pieces of music, holding up colour cards to say what colour we thought of when we heard it. We then learnt about Read more
This week art club was on the same day as National Sea Turtle Day so we thought it would be a good idea to bring out the watercolours. The children carefully followed a draw along then used watercolours to paint their turtles. The children practised using different techniques such as Read more